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Burlington Northern In Color
Volume 3

By: Jim Boyd

Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2008
Hardcover, 128 pages, All Color

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

The three volume set is all tied together as even BN
has joined the ranks of “Fallen Flags.”

Contents Include:

Foreword...3
Introduction...4

Chapter 1
Amtrak and Commuters...6
How do Ya Paint an E-unit?...8
Amtrak F-units - Old and New...10
A Stranger in Earlville...13
Amtrak on BN map...13
Illinois Zephyr...14
First Pacific Zip...15
Scotsman on the Q...16
"Bay Head Builder"...17
The West Suburban Mass Transit District...18
WSMTD Roster...20

Chapter 2
The First Decade of New Power...18
More New Motive Power...24
The Ill-Fated Locotrol Program...28
Geeps: New and Renewed...32
Spirit of '76...34
Freedom Train...36
Lots of SD40-2s...38
C30-7s on Joint Line...42
Home Shop Chops...44

Chapter 3
Evergreens...46
Covered Wagons on Marias Pass...48
How Now Brown Plow...52
Or a Yellow Katy Leaser...53
Last of the Alcos...54
Green NW5s...58
The Manitoba Geep...59
Classic High-Nose Geeps...60
Long and Short of High-Nose SD's...64
Veteran Switchers...66
Everybody Loves '30s...68
Distinguished Visitors...70

Chapter 4
Merging with the Frisco...72
Frisco Map...74
Frisco Steam...75
Alcos and F-units...76
Black Hoods and Scare Stripes...78
Big Red E-units...82
E-unit Names...84
Red, White & Frisco...86
Frisco Roster...91

Chapter 5
Big Changes in the '80s...92
C&S and FW&D...94
Climax at 11,300 Feet...98
Cab-Unit Killers...100
Fuel Tenders...102
Switcher Stories...103
EMD's HTBB Truck...104
Tiger Stripes...106
Oakway SD60s...108
LMX "Rent-A-Wrecks"...110
Assimilating the Frisco...106
Hustle Muscle...113
White Faces...114
Super Cab SD60M's...116
Executive F's...118
Rebuilds...119
The E-unit Fleet Retires...120
Big MAC's...122
Roster...126
Epilogue...128